Umbrella cover and garment



D. WEISZ UMBRELLA COVER AND GARMENT Jan. 11, 1927. 1,613,688

lF11ed August 11, 192e 2 sheets-sheet 1 INyENToR ezvad Mazsz 0 ATTORNEYS Jan.. 11, 1927. 1,613,688

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UMBRELLA covnn AND GARMENT.

Application led .August 11, 1926.` Serial No. 128,691.

-frequently inconvenient or undesirable to carry a wrap, and the resent invention provides a garment which) will satisf the law requiring the covering of the hat ing suit, and which may be conveniently used as an umbrella cover when not being worn.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be quickly attached to, or detached from an umbrella frame, and which may be quickly donned or doiled when serving as a garment.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a combined umbrella cover and garincludes a sklrt portion 1 adapted to servey ment of simple, practical construction, which will be neat and attractive in appearance, and which is well suited to the requirements of `economical manufacture.

' With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certam novel of construction and combinations` features and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully heremafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understood from the following description in connection with the accompanyin drawings, whereinvg. 1 is a plan view showing the device in .use as an umbrella cover with part of the fabric which constitutes the cover, broken away to expose theV portion of the garment which is folded between the cover and the ribs of the umbrella.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional detail on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevational 'view of one. corner of the interior of the cover showing the manner in which it is secured to the end of a rib.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the garment in use.

Fig. 6 is a similar View fof the garment.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view showing .ing devices 19 to each the manner of attachin the flange member to the tip ofthe umbre a.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view through the umbrella tip showing the manner in which the cover is secured adjacent the ti Itis to be understood at the outset that the garment itself may assume many forms; it being preferred to provide a garment in which ,the skirt portion serves as'an umbrella cover, and in which the body-encircling portion yis folded within the cover and lies between thel cover and the `ribs of an umbrella when not in use. This body-encircling portion may merely serve to cover the shoulders and breast of a wearer, or ma be in the nature of a relatively capacious c oak which will fall from the shoulder. As a matter of fact, an infinite number of expedients might be resorted to in the matter of designing that portion of the garment which lies under the cover. The style of the garment wil be dictated primarily by the requirements of the trade. p

As best seen in Figs. 5 and 6 the garment as the cover of an umbrella and formed with a contractile waistband 11. Connected to the waistband 'as by straps 12 is a shoulder covering portion including a front section 13 and a rear section 14 cooperatively delining a neck opening 15.

Themanner in the garment is used as an umbrella cover may best be seen in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings. of the skirt portion is scalloped or similarly shaped so that it will conform to the ordinary peripheral shape of an umbrella cover. At each of the 'corners of the lower edge of the skirt, designated by the numeral 16, there are pockets 17 sewed to the inside of the garmentand adapted to receive the ends of umbrella ribs 18. Obviously it is necessary that a portion of the skirt be folded inwardly if the umbrella. cover is to ittautly and snugly over the frame, otherwise there would be too great a fullness at the center of the cover.

Having this in view, I'attach rows of snap fastener elements or similar separable securside of the garment, the two rows of each side being .spaced the proper` distance apart, so that the material between them can be folded inwardly against the umbrella frame, and the snap fasteners It will be noted that the bottom which the skirt portion of 23, and may the material tautly over the frame. AAfter the ends of the ribs 18 are entered into the pockets 17, the two rows of snap fasteners are brought together and united, it being understood that the shoulder portion 13, 14 of the garment and the straps 12 are folded inwardly through the open waistband before the last snap fasteners are brought together.

As seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the folded shoulder portion of the garment lies between the cover and the ribs. Fig. 3 illustrates the mannerin which the inwardly folded portions of the skirt 10 lieagainst one of the ribs 18 and are concealed from view by closing the snap fasteners 19. It will be understoodv that the upper portion of the skirt adjacent the waistband is also concealed under the umbrella cover, lying between the cover and ribs as best shown in Fig. 2.

Hooks and eyes 21 and 22' attached to spaced'portions of the skirt 10 are connected together closely adjacent thel umbrella tip be concealed by a covering flange 24 slipped over the tip and over a spring detent 25.

It is believedl that the operation of the device will be understood from' the foregoing description, but it may be briefly summarized as follows. 1n applying the garment to the umbrella, the ends of the ribs 18 are slipped into the pockets 17. The shoulder portion 13, 14. and the straps 12 are folded inwardly through the waistband, the waistband being also turned under around the umbrella tip 23. Snap fasteners 19 and hooks and eyes are then secured together, and the covering flange 24 slipped on over the tip-or ferrule of the umbrella.

Obviously, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention. Hence do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope' of the appended claims.

1. A garment including a skirt' portion,

means on said skirt portion engageable with -imese joined togetheras shown in Fig. 1 to stretch the ends of the ribs of an umbrella frame,

and means for securing the body of the skirt in properly folded position to serve as a cover for such frame.

2. A garment including a skirt portion, devices spaced along the lower edges of the skirt for engagement with the ends of the ribs of an umbrella and means for folding portions of the body of the skirt inwardly and retaining them folded s0 that the skirt will constitute a tautly fitting umbrella4 cover.

3. A garment including a skirt. portion, devices spaced along the lower edges of the skirt forengagement with the ends of the ribs of an umbrella and means for folding portions' of the body of the skirt inwardly and retaining them folded so that the skirt will constitute a tautly fitting umbrella cover, said skirt carrying spaced rows of detachable fastener elements constituting said means adapted to be secured together with the materialof the Skirt between them folded under and inwardly against the ribs of the umbrella.

4. A garment including a skirt portion,

devices spaced along the lower edges of the skirt for engagement with the ends of the ribs of an umbrella and means for folding portions of the body of the skirt inwardly and retaining them folded so that the skirt will constitute a tautly fitting umbrella cover, said skirt carrying spaced rows of detachable fastener elements constituting said means adapted to be secured together with the material of the skirt between them folded under and inwardly against the ribs of the umbrella, said garment also including a body portion adapted to be folded inwardly through the waistband of the skirt y lie between said skirt and the umbrella frame.

5. A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein a flange member detachably locked on the ferrule of the umbrella conceals the innermost of the separable fastener elements.

6. A device as set forth in claim 3, and wherein the waistband of the skirt and the material adjacent thereto is also folded under and concealed by the umbrella framecovering portion. v

' DAVID WEISZ. 

